Big-O hand (1 Viewer)

[onerand]

I found myself playing this evil game, blinds are $1-2 with a $5 bring in. I have 400 and villain covers. I know little about him. Recently sat down and won a nice spot betting 3 streets. Game has been very tight, and would be awful if not for the long lists and two players to my right.

Villain opens to 15. I call with A25KK. Suits not relevant but I remember my ace was not. One blind calls.

Flop is 554 rainbow. Blind checks, villain checks and I bet 30. I see no reason to blast it. Villain calls. I am confident he does not have a 5 or better, as he would lead the flop.

Turn is 6c, putting a club draw out. I have no clubs. Villain pots 105 without much thought. Action?

I call and river is offsuit 10. Villain pots. Action?

 

[Chicken Rob]

Call turn

Puke on river. Then call. Then reload.

 

[detroitdad]

Tough spot. I think I agree with @Chicken Rob When I play Big O I either "blast" the pot or do my best to keep it small. Nothing in between.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

Call, at worst you're getting quartered. Your hand is seriously under-repped.

 

[Rhodeman77]

Have to call. Getting 1/4 pot sucks for sure, but it is part of the game. Your high hand is strong enough on the turn and your stack is too small once you call to fold on the river.

There is a good chance you are chopping vs a full house trying to get you to fold your nut low that they can't beat.

 

[Chicken Rob]

I actually think you're getting 3/4 more than 1/4 in this spot, and some of the time you're getting half. It's still a gross spot.

I'm assuming villain has A266x here or you might not have thought enough about this to post it.

 

[Chippy McChiperson]

A23 a278 a256 a266 lots of hands beat us but yeah we get 3/4 a lot too

 

[inca911]

Definitions are different regionally. Around here, BigO is high only and BigO8 is a split pot game.

The villain's check on the flop is likely the reason why I call here. It feels like villain auto-potted on the turn when he made the nut low, thinking that half the pot is locked up. That feels more likely the a nut low plus a set of sixes. Your smallish flop bet gave him confidence, and disguised the strength of your hand. I think you call the river bet, with 3/4ing fro you being more likely. Over the long run, that feels like the better play, regardless of what this one hand's result was.

 

[onerand]

Thank you all. I snapped but with an ill feeling. Quartered by A287Q.

 

[JoseRijo]

Blasting the flop is the correct play.

 

[Ben]

Blasting the flop is the correct play.

^^This. When you have a really good high (or pretty good high with low backup) on a 2-low board, pile in every dollar.

Since it's HU and you're committed to call any river anyway, I'd ship the turn. No reason not to, and you may lose value by just calling if he happens to have a club draw, or the A or 2 hits and counterfeits his low (and yours, but you make a boat so that's OK. )

 

[Mr Tree]

Blasting the flop is the correct play.

^^This. When you have a really good high (or pretty good high with low backup) on a 2-low board, pile in every dollar.

Since it's HU and you're committed to call any river anyway, I'd ship the turn. No reason not to, and you may lose value by just calling if he happens to have a club draw, or the A or 2 hits and counterfeits his low (and yours, but you make a boat so that's OK. )

Glad you guys agree because I was reading this thinking there was no way I wouldn't be jamming the pot with that hand.

 

[onerand]

The pot turn lead confused me. Still not sure why he did not try to CR turn.